drabbletag: 'prickly' [Wicked]
Fandom: Wicked [novel]
Prompt: Elphaba/Glinda, 'prickly'
Requested by: amazon_syren
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
She had been fifteen when she had lost her virginity. Elphaba was studiously offhand as she shared the confidence, but Glinda easily caught the strain in her voice. Cautiously, she pressed further - Elphaba flippantly brushed it aside as an awkward and somewhat painful non-event, with a Quadling boy four years her senior. Yes, he had kissed her as well. No, she didn’t remember his name.
Glinda could almost see Elphaba’s hackles rising, and they both lapsed into silence before the subject was tactfully changed. Yet, even an hour and four other topics later, Elphaba pulled away sharply when Glinda idly reached for her hand.
Taking into account her previous disclosure, Glinda suddenly couldn’t help but wonder if there weren’t other reasons, beyond simple tetchiness about her colour and the common reaction to it, why Elphaba didn’t like being touched.
Prompt: Elphaba/Glinda, 'prickly'
Requested by: amazon_syren
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 140
She had been fifteen when she had lost her virginity. Elphaba was studiously offhand as she shared the confidence, but Glinda easily caught the strain in her voice. Cautiously, she pressed further - Elphaba flippantly brushed it aside as an awkward and somewhat painful non-event, with a Quadling boy four years her senior. Yes, he had kissed her as well. No, she didn’t remember his name.
Glinda could almost see Elphaba’s hackles rising, and they both lapsed into silence before the subject was tactfully changed. Yet, even an hour and four other topics later, Elphaba pulled away sharply when Glinda idly reached for her hand.
Taking into account her previous disclosure, Glinda suddenly couldn’t help but wonder if there weren’t other reasons, beyond simple tetchiness about her colour and the common reaction to it, why Elphaba didn’t like being touched.